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3ft. Racheospila diaphana »\>. nov. 



Foreu'ings : very pale green, with darker green scales intermixed, semi-trans- 

 parent ; the costa narrowly dnll red-brown ; cell-spot large, diffuse, red-brown ; a 

 very obscnre pale curved first line at one-fourth, a regnlarly dentate Innnlate outer 

 line at three-fonrths, parallel to liindmargin ; marginal line red-brown, thickened 

 and slightly dentate inwards between the veins ; fringe white, chequered with red- 

 brown beyond the vein-ends. 



Iliiylwinqs : similar ; the marginal line more strongly marked, and preceded by 

 a slight yellow tinge, which is scarcely perceptible in the forewings. 



Underside whiter, with the cell-spots and marginal line red-brown ; costa of 

 forewings diffusely and broadly red-brown at base. 



Face below and vertex snow-white ; upper half of face, collar, and paljii red ; 

 thorax and abdomen pale green, the latter with white spots diffusely edged with 

 red-brown. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



Two ? ? from Surco, Peru, February 1900, dry season (2000 feet), and Marca, 

 Peru, December 1800, wet season (3000 ft.) (Simons). 



Allied to R. mustela Druce. 



40. Racheospila semiornata sp. nov. 



Forewings : grass-green, without any yellowish tinge ; costal edge whitish ; the 

 spots dull red, placed much as in R. lajai/aria Dogn., but all smaller, not edged 

 with dark brown or externally with yellow, their outline minutely crenulate and 

 irregular ; cell-spots smaller. 



IIiii(hcings : as in lafayaria, with the same differences. Fringe of both wings 

 dull reddish, chequered with darker red beyond the veins. Both iu this species and 

 in that which I identify as lafayaiia, there are traces on both wings of inner and 

 outer dentate-lunulate darker green paler edged lines. 



Underside whitish green, with only the apical blotches represented, and the 

 cell-spots. Face and jmlpi red ; fillet white ; vertex and patagia green ; thorax 

 and abdomen red, the last with three white spots, not always all distinct, and 

 smaller than those iu lafuijaria ; basal joint and basal third of antennae white, the 

 rest red ; in lafayaria the whole of tlie antennae is wliite. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



2 $i from Chiriqui, Panama, whence also comes the specimen identified as 

 lafayaria. In neither species can I see any signs of the two white spots iu the 

 apical blotches of the wings beneath, as mentioned by Dognin. 



Dognin gives the same expanse, 30 mm., for his species ; the example from 

 Chiriqui measures 35 mm. ; so that it is possible this may be a third species distinct 

 from either of those above mentioned. 



41. Racheospila vinocincta sp. nov. 



Forewings : dull pale green, without markings, except a small red cell-spot 

 with white centre; costal area rather broadly vinous red, the costal edge narrowly 

 white ; marginal line thick, deep red, interrupted at the vein-ends ; fringe whitish, 

 with slight red markings beyond veins. 



Hindicings : with the cell-spot and marginal line as in forewings ; inner 

 margin narrowly red. 



